Buttered biscuits, chocolate milk Oatmeal with honey Rack of lamb, salad, rice, olives, parma ham, donut, ice tea from the bistro - $6 Chocolate-covered bananas Tamagoyaki, cold carrots with sesame sauce Biscuits and maple syrup
Biscuit, yogourt
Minh made cupcakes. I can't resist a morning cupcake. It had half a Reese peanut butter cup on top, people! Minestrone, Niçoise salad, crème brûlée, lemonade from the bistro - $6 Diet Coke, chips - $2.50 Chocolate pudding from the bistro - free
I went to pick up 3 bottles of Alsacian wine I won on Twitter, courtesy of Alsace au Menu. Thanks! Chicken, potato, green beans, carrots
I dredged the chicken in some corn flour and fried it in peanut oil, it was light and crunchy.
Today was the second edition of Miniputtalooza! I had no camera, so Lindsay let me use her iPhone to capture the delicious brunch we had at La Cantine. Mimosa Juice shooter La Totale breakfast Diet Coke Breakfast for one was $32.71
I had a bottle of water and a Diet Coke in the machines at the Minigolf place - $4 (no pic)
Then we continued our suburbadventure to Wild Willy's I had a Rocky Road ice cream cone - $3.50
Dinner was a plate of spaghetti (no picture)
Buttered toast, ice tea Apple from the bistro - free
We had lunch at Aziatik to celebrate our awesome departing intern, Geneviève. Laurent bought her a drink and I treated her to lunch (Helene also contributed). Spring roll, General Tao chicken, veggies and rice x 2 was $36.54
Christophe was creative with his garnish Diet Coke - $1.25 Peanut butter sandwich and chocolate milk
In the evening, I went to Uranium's "back to the prom" retro party and had many beers and Gin & Tonics. I have no pics of this because I forgot my freakin' camera at work.
Chicken sandwich, Sunny D from the dep - $5.45 Diet Coke - $1.25
I had lunch in the park with Monique and treated her for her b-day Ham and cheese sandwich, salad, soup, rice rolls, soda from Clafoutis - $15 Strawberries from the bistro - free Wasabi peas Dinner was baked ravioli and green beans
From August 24th, 2009 to August 24th 2010, I photographed everything I ate and made notes of the cost.
This included all the food and drink costs for the year.
And yes, I counted booze.
Grand total: $10 295.92
What is this blog about?
This is not a food blog.
Well, it kind of is. But mainly, it’s about the amount of money I use to feed myself, day after day. Why? Because I just don’t know. I (almost) never check prices when I buy food. I love to cook and I can easily feed six guests for less than 30 bucks (wine is extra, people), but I also spend ungodly amounts of money on grocery, then throw away a fifth of it. It has never been so easy to buy good food, but it often comes at a price. And it is even easier to buy cheap, unhealthy junk food that has an undeniable cost on our health. Where does my food budget go? How do the choices I make impact my budget, my health and the health of the planet?